Prionopetalum kraepelini ( Attems, 1896 )

Enghoff, Henrik, 2022, Mountains of millipedes. The family Odontopygidae in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida), European Journal of Taxonomy 803, pp. 1-136 : 83

Prionopetalum kraepelini ( Attems, 1896)

Odontopyge kraepelini Attems, 1896: 37 .

Prionopetalum stuhlmanni Attems, 1914: 193 .

Odontopyge pardalis Attems, 1896: 39 .

Prionopetalum kraepelini – Attems 1914: 210.

Prionopetalum pardalis – Attems 1909a: 52.

Not Spirostreptus pardalis – Gerstäcker 1873: 513.

New material examined

TANZANIA • 10 ♂♂; Mhonda Mission at Turiani, Nguru Mts , 2 Oct. 1992; M. Andersen leg.; topotypes, NHMD • 1 ♂; Kanga Mts , Morogoro Region, Kanga FR ; 400–500 m a.s.l.; 22–25 Nov. 1984; N. Scharff leg.; lowland rain forest; NHMD • 1 ♂, several ♀♀ /juvs; Morogoro Region, Kilosa District, Rubeho Mts , 5 km SW of Madizini; 900 m a.s.l., 10–24 Sep. 1993; M. Andersen leg.; NHMD • 1 ♂; Rubeho Mtn, Mangalisa Mts; 2100 m a.s.l., 23 Feb. 1984, J. Kielland leg.; open grassland; VMNH110634 . – Not from the Eastern Arc • 1 ♂; 2–3 km far from Handa, valley of Chazi River, next to the water; 23 Mar. 1989, leg. A. Zicsi; HNHM diplo-03048 .

Distribution

Previous Eastern Arc records: Morogoro Region, Mhonda (Nguru) ( Attems 1896); Morogoro Region, Mang’ula, Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Centre ( Enghoff 2016b).

General distribution: also recorded from Tanzania: Arusha and Dar es Salaam. The record from “ Tanga Regon, Lushoto Distr. Usambara Mts, Lewa” in Enghoff et al. (2016) refers to “Lewa Usambara” ( Attems 1896). Lewa was a German plantation situated SE of Muheza town and thus not in the East Usambara Mts.